--- includes/common.inc	2011-01-06 11:45:17.000000000 -0500
+++ includes/common.inc	2011-01-06 11:17:27.000000000 -0500
@@ -965,7 +965,7 @@ function t($string, $args = array(), $la
  */
 function valid_email_address($mail) {
   $user = '[a-zA-Z0-9_\-\.\+\^!#\$%&*+\/\=\?\`\|\{\}~\']+';
-  $domain = '(?:(?:[a-zA-Z0-9]|[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9\-]*[a-zA-Z0-9])\.?)+';
+  $domain = '(?:(?:[a-zA-Z0-9]|[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9\-]*[a-zA-Z0-9])(\.[\.a-zA-Z0-9]+)*)+';
   $ipv4 = '[0-9]{1,3}(\.[0-9]{1,3}){3}';
   $ipv6 = '[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}(\:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}){7}';